More than 80 people killed in campaign that law-of-war experts have labeled extrajudicial murder

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[–] 82 points 10 months ago (39 children)

When Democrats inevitably take power again, and refuse to prosecute these war crimes, remember this to remind yourself that they are the enemy as well, even if not the immediate one.

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  • [–] 22 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    I'd argue Democrats coming back to power isn't inevitable, far from it. America is in for either revolution, civil war or decades of fascist rule. Something needs to give before corporate centrists can hold power in America again, and so far it hasn't.

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  • [–] -1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 child)

    They're called elections.

    And before you tell me Trump is going to rig them, they just lost the last batch of them.

    So please stop spreading the lie that civil war is inevitable, or that it is more likely to happen than simply MAGA losing power through elections.

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  • [–] 9 points 10 months ago

    He's going to rig them and, if that fails, just launch a coup.

    they just lost the last batch of them.

    Yes, because they didn't actually need to win those. He still has a loyal majority in Congress.

    So please stop spreading the lie that civil war is inevitable

    Someone disagreeing with you isn't "a lie," and besides, you should look at what fascism looks like historically. Did the Nazis get voted out post-Enabling Act? This is Trump's last chance to become the fascist dictator of his dreams and he and his handlers won't let it go over their dead bodies.

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago (32 children)

    Yes, the most important thing to do after every Republican atrocity is to remember how BoTh SiDeS are identical morally.

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  • [–] 10 points 10 months ago (7 children)
  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago (6 children)

    I don't think Carter, AOC, or Mamdani authorized drone strikes. Obama, a centrist at best, definitely did.

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    Remind me, who was the last non-centrist Democratic President?

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    Sure, but I think it's clear from context that I'm talking about Obama. Establishment bootlickers love him so this is a good opportunity to highlight their hypocrisy.

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  • [–] 35 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    THIS is and illegal order. THIS order may be refused.

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  • [–] 20 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    And the military won't refuse them

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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago

    Why would they though? The military is by design authoritarian. They're fucking loving the fascist revolution.

    How many people signed up to go to Afghanistan, just to shoot brown people? It's filled with racist pieces of shit, with a boner for being dominated by an angry prick with an inferiority complex and a crew cut.

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  • [–] 34 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    How did we get to a reality where TV personalities are in charge of armies and command them to kill indiscriminately on a drunken whim?

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  • [–] [S] 40 points 10 months ago

    Capitalism. When you have nothing, own nothing and can't afford anything and robber barrons point out some mythical enemy responsible for all of that many people fall for it out of desperation and racism of course.

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  • [–] 29 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Murder. Straight up murder.

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  • [–] 27 points 10 months ago

    Department of War Crimes is at it again

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  • [–] 24 points 10 months ago

    Gotta cover up your war crimes and lies. Survivors could tell the world that they're innocents, not 'narco-terrorists', and prove the US is attacking Venezuelan boats on bullshit supposed Intel to try and incite retaliation to justify their war they absolutely intend to start.

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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Deportment of war does war

    Shocked pikachu

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago

    Need to ensure no survivors

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